A Lonely Man

Author : Chris Power
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374719074

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A Lonely Man by Chris Power Pdf

"Elegant . . . A superb suspense novel, imbued with moral and narrative complexity and an omnipresent low cloud cover of dread.” —Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Two British men meet by chance in Berlin. Robert is trying and failing to finish his next book while balancing his responsibilities as a husband and father. Patrick, a recent arrival in the city, is secretive about his past, but eventually reveals that he has been ghostwriting the autobiography of a Russian oligarch. The oligarch has turned up dead, and Patrick claims to be a hunted man himself. Although Robert doubts the truth of Patrick’s story, it fascinates him, and he thinks it might hold the key to his own foundering novel. Working to gain the other man’s trust, Robert draws out the details of Patrick’s past while ensnaring himself ever more tightly in what might be either a fantasist’s creation or a lethal international plot. Through an elegant existential game of cat and mouse, Chris Power’s A Lonely Man depicts an attempt to create art at the cost of empathy. Robert must decide what is his for the taking—and whether some stories are too dangerous to tell.

Author : Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Publisher : Image
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307568649

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The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik Pdf

Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world. In THE LONELY MAN OF FAITH, a soaring, eloquent essay first published in Tradition magazine in 1965, Soloveitchik investigates the essential loneliness of the person of faith in our narcissistic, materially oriented, utilitarian society. In this modern classic, Soloveitchik uses the story of Adam and Eve as a springboard, interweaving insights from such important Western philosophers as Kierkegaard and Kant with innovative readings of Genesis to provide guidance for the faithful in today’s world. He explains prayer as “the harbinger of moral reformation,” and discusses with empathy and understanding the despair and exasperation of individuals who seek personal redemption through direct knowledge of a God who seems remote and unapproachable. He shows that while the faithful may become members of a religious community, their true home is “the abode of loneliness.” In a moving personal testimony, Soloveitchik demonstrates a deep-seated commitment, intellectual courage, and integrity that people of all religions will respond to.

Author : Robert Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : French drama
ISBN : UCAL:B2821957

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Trap for a Lonely Man by Robert Thomas Pdf

Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553899382

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The Lonely Men by Louis L'Amour Pdf

In The Lonely Men, Louis L’Amour spins the tale of a man who must elude an Apache trap—only to discover that his greatest enemy might be very close to home. Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap his nephew, forcing Tell to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the boy back. What troubles Tell more, though, is the boy’s mother: Could she possibly be inventing a rescue mission to deliver her husband’s brother into an ambush? Tell knows that the only things he can depend on are his wits and cold steel. But against such adversaries, even these formidable weapons may not be enough.

Author : Bruce Jay Friedman
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197429

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The Lonely Guy and The Slightly Older Guy by Bruce Jay Friedman Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author finds the pulse of the aging American male in two ingeniously funny novels. “I just laughed myself sick” (Neil Simon). Two classic works of comic self-help fiction by “one of the funniest writers in America” available together for the first time in a single ebook edition (John Gregory Dunne). With its “sparkling . . . winsome and true” look at the single male in America—from his sad new apartment furnishings to his career struggles to the mystifying dating world—Bruce Jay Friedman’s The Lonely Guy’s Book of Life was as cringingly relatable to both men and women when it was first published in 1978 as is today (The New York Times Book Review). The inspiration for Steve Martin’s classic cult film comedy, The Lonely Guy, it was hailed as “the funniest book of this year, or most any other. You don’t close this book. You just start reading it again immediately. I loved every page–and laughed out loud on most of them” (Dan Jenkins, author of Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect). Twenty years later, Friedman returned to the subject with The Slightly Older Guy, finding his quarry no longer alone, maybe a little less lonely, not so young anymore, faltering at fashion, pondering a new career, but just as resiliently witty. Featuring a new afterword, The Considerably Older Guy offers advice on such topics as divorce, grandchildren, exercise, diet, and insomnia. “If you believe in reading, then when a book comes along by Friedman, you have to read it. It’s as simple as that” (The Washington Post Book World).

Author : Jeff Ragsdale,David Shields,Michael Logan
Publisher : Amazon Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 1612183247

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Jeff, One Lonely Guy by Jeff Ragsdale,David Shields,Michael Logan Pdf

In October 2011, Jeff Ragsdale, a down-and-out actor and stand-up comedian, posted a flyer around Lower Manhattan asking people to call him if they wanted to talk. He thought he'd get a dozen calls; instead he got hundreds, and then thousands once pictures of the flyer went viral on the net. The calls came from all over the country and from as far away as Spain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Taiwan, and Australia. Jeff spoke to as many people as he could, answering his phone all day long. Here are the conversations, texts, and voicemails of a particular moment in time - a hilarious, dark, intimate portrait of the way we live now. "OMG I love this It's so Russian - very reminiscent of the Chekhov story 'Complaint Book' (entries in a complaint book at the railway station)." - Elif Batuman, Author of The Possessed "With Reality Hunger, David Shields offered us a manifest, yet unlike most manifestoes, Reality Hunger actually changed the world. Here, by teaming up with Ragsdale and Logan, Shields has now embodied his ethos - we have crossed over the threshold and are now strangely, terrifyingly, beautifully - in this transformed world." - Nick Flynn, Author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

Author : William H. Gass
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : College teachers
ISBN : 1564782131

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The Tunnel by William H. Gass Pdf

"Gass has produced a book that burrows inside us then wails like a beast, a book that mainlines a century's terror direct to the brain."--Voice Literary Supplement

Author : Mike Gayle
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538720158

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All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle Pdf

If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping). In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But it's a lie. In reality, Hubert's days are all the same, dragging on without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news—good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that will force him out again, into a world he has long since turned his back on. The news that his daughter is coming for a visit. Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out. Along the way Hubert stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship, and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for all . . . Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. But with the origin of his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows, will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long?

Author : Jack Walter Peltason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Judges
ISBN : UOM:39015011531046

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Fifty-eight Lonely Men by Jack Walter Peltason Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Sin
ISBN : BL:A0021125175

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The Lonely Man. [A Religious Tract.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chris Power
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0374298440

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A Lonely Man by Chris Power Pdf

Author : Faith Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Large type books
ISBN : OCLC:1036681369

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The Lonely Man by Faith Baldwin Pdf

Author : Hal Marcovitz
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781622930258

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A Lonely Guy's Guide by Hal Marcovitz Pdf

Is it difficult for your readers to make friends? Have they lost the one person they felt most comfortable with? Many people choose to be alone, but for those who don't, the loneliness they experience may feel overwhelming and insurmountable. This guide discusses the negative effects of loneliness and provides research-based information on overcoming it. Readers take a quiz to figure out if they are an introvert or extrovert and discover how that affects their feelings about being alone.

Author : A. C. M.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : American essays
ISBN : UCAL:$B273021

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The Reflections of a Lonely Man by A. C. M. Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:561687882

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The Lonely Man. [A Religious Tract.]. by Anonim Pdf